We are all Charlie

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The attack on our fellow magazine journalists at Charlie Hebdo in Paris was a hateful act of murder aimed at intimidating the media and crushing free expression of ideas. We at Condé Nast International condemn this act of terrorism and stand in solidarity with our fellow journalists. We will not yield to fear. Our thoughts and deep sympathies are with the victims of this cowardly attack and their families.

I wish to share with you a statement, signed by all our Paris magazine editors and translated into English, which our French magazines posted yesterday on the home page of their websites. All our magazines in France will publish the statement “We Are All Charlie” on the magazine covers.

I AM CHARLIE

Our colleagues at Charlie Hebdo were the victims this morning of a hateful terrorist attack.

It is a crazy and intolerable act which aims to crush freedom of expression and to spread fear.

The heavy penalty paid by the staff of Charlie Hebdo reminds us that the expression of opinion is an essential value.

More than ever we must defend it without yielding anything: it is journalism’s mission whatever the sector and however each media chooses to inform.

Our thoughts are very much with those who have paid for this liberty with their lives, and with their families.

In the name of the group Condé Nast France, we convey to them our deepest sympathies.

Our colleagues at Condé Nast France speak for all of us. We are magazine professionals and we are journalists. We are all Charlie.